?fjc Entriait JJtctrical (Sajcttc. JUNE 2, 1873.
OUR RELATIONS TO GOVERNMENT. The fact of Government
subscribing to this journal has, on employed as an argument against the propriety of our expressing our sentiments with freedom iu these pages, regarding what we believe to be the value of certain reports and ideas published by officers connected with the Indian Medical Service. We are uuable to comprehend the force of this reasoning. We should clearly have been in fault, had we, as Editors, attacked the personal character or qualifications of individual members of the service; and, in fact, in order to avoid any such difficulty, we have, as a rule, purposely discarded the editorial we," and written in our own name when seriously diffei'ing from the opinions promulgated, either by officers in the medical or sanitary services of Government. The Editors of this journal cannot accept the position of mercenaries, binding themselves to state the views published under the sanction of Government, whether several
occasions,
been
"
sound Indian a
unsound
or
do we for an instant believe that the
; nor
Local Governments would desire
or
The
course.
object
of Government is
us
to follow such
identical with
ours
truth, and so long as criticism, we are perfectly
iu this matter?a desire to arrive at the
keep within the bounds of fair willing to leave the issue in their hands ; for it must be an advantage to those in authority to hear both sides of any question open to discussion ; and surely some of the most intricate problems before the Government of India are those relating to the health and well being of the masses committed
we
to their care. Our columns have never been closed to any one
discussing matters of this kind, however much our own views of the subject have dilTorod from their's. The object of Government in subscribing to this journal is not only that they may circulato a periodical among their subordinate medical officers, who cannot afford to pay for a medical journal, but further, the Government would thus endeavour to stimulate subordinate officers to distinguish themselves, giving them the means not only of studying the,work of the leading medical authorities practising in this part of India, but inviting them to record their own experience, and by writing keop themselves up to the standard of tho science of the day. These pages prove that many nativo medical men, and in fact, members of every branch of the profession, gladly avail themselves of these
opportunities
;
find that
columns
month after month tilled with
our
are
and it
much valuable matter relating to tho surgery,
as
practised
at
present
iu
is most art
gratifying
to
of medicine and
Bengal?work
which
wo
June 2, now see
THERMIC FEVEK.
1873.]
constantly quoted
with
approval by
the
authorities in Europe and America. Aa Editors, we would assert that our opinions and that, Avhile
worthy
of
our
publication,
those views which sonant with
hope, we an
in the
have
pages we
are
open
to
highest are
medical
unfettered,
all records and facts
lipid ourselves
free to advocate
commend themselves to us
as
most con-
knowledge, experience, and reason; and we only interests of independent medical journalism, that
heart! the last of
impediment
to
our
relations to Government
the honorable course that is open to us.
being
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OUR RELATIONS TO GOVERNMENT. The fact of Government
subscribing to this journal has, on employed as an argument against the propriety of our expressing our sentiments with freedom iu these pages, regarding what we believe to be the value of certain reports and ideas published by officers connected with the Indian Medical Service. We are uuable to comprehend the force of this reasoning. We should clearly have been in fault, had we, as Editors, attacked the personal character or qualifications of individual members of the service; and, in fact, in order to avoid any such difficulty, we have, as a rule, purposely discarded the editorial we," and written in our own name when seriously diffei'ing from the opinions promulgated, either by officers in the medical or sanitary services of Government. The Editors of this journal cannot accept the position of mercenaries, binding themselves to state the views published under the sanction of Government, whether several
occasions,
been
"
sound Indian a
unsound
or
do we for an instant believe that the
; nor
Local Governments would desire
or
The
course.
object
of Government is
us
to follow such
identical with
ours
truth, and so long as criticism, we are perfectly
iu this matter?a desire to arrive at the
keep within the bounds of fair willing to leave the issue in their hands ; for it must be an advantage to those in authority to hear both sides of any question open to discussion ; and surely some of the most intricate problems before the Government of India are those relating to the health and well being of the masses committed
we
to their care. Our columns have never been closed to any one
discussing matters of this kind, however much our own views of the subject have dilTorod from their's. The object of Government in subscribing to this journal is not only that they may circulato a periodical among their subordinate medical officers, who cannot afford to pay for a medical journal, but further, the Government would thus endeavour to stimulate subordinate officers to distinguish themselves, giving them the means not only of studying the,work of the leading medical authorities practising in this part of India, but inviting them to record their own experience, and by writing keop themselves up to the standard of tho science of the day. These pages prove that many nativo medical men, and in fact, members of every branch of the profession, gladly avail themselves of these
opportunities
;
find that
columns
month after month tilled with
our
are
and it
much valuable matter relating to tho surgery,
as
practised
at
present
iu
is most art
gratifying
to
of medicine and
Bengal?work
which
wo
June 2, now see
THERMIC FEVEK.
1873.]
constantly quoted
with
approval by
the
authorities in Europe and America. Aa Editors, we would assert that our opinions and that, Avhile
worthy
of
our
publication,
those views which sonant with
hope, we an
in the
have
pages we
are
open
to
highest are
medical
unfettered,
all records and facts
lipid ourselves
free to advocate
commend themselves to us
as
most con-
knowledge, experience, and reason; and we only interests of independent medical journalism, that
heart! the last of
impediment
to
our
relations to Government
the honorable course that is open to us.
being
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